CONTENT OUTLINE OF GENESIS INTRODUCTION: THE BIG PICTURE PURPOSE • To reveal the origin and purpose of the universe, life, and humanity. • To show the personal, relational, covenant-making nature of God. • To record the early history of the Hebrew people. • To begin revealing Jesus the Messiah. KEY EVENTS…

Sarah Laughed[1] They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” The Lord said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced…

“These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the…

Why No Peace in the Middle East Sunday 1/14/01 p.m. Text: Gen. 25:19-26 Gen. 25:19 This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Gen. 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the…

In those days the household gods were a symbol of family headship. The heir was the one to possess the household gods. When Jacob fled with his family, Rachel’s theft was her way of laying claim for her husband and children to all her father had. It’s possible this theft and the claim it implies were…

Intro Have you ever watched something on television, whether a ball game, a show or film and right when there is that most important play, or dramatic announcement or revelation, the frame freezes or the DVD’s scratched? You see it more now because everything is streamed. It looks like someone pressed…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

Sermon: Jacob the Faithful Servant (Genesis 32:24-32) HOW CAN I CHANGE? * God wants to change you more than you want to be changed God prepares us for change (Genesis 25:26 – 32:23) Being alone with God changes you (32:24) Wrestling with God changes you (32:24)….. Change can be very painful (32:25) Don’t…

Isaiah 2:1-4 Life in the Millennium “The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations…

Sunday, November 26, 2006 at FBC, Comanche; Studies: Christmas Text: Matthew 1: 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. “Humble Beginnings” Introduction: We see the non-typical yet significant parallel between Ezekiel's four "living creatures" and the four…

FORGOTTEN VOWS TEXT: Genesis 28:20-22 INTRODUCTION: Vow - An earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, especially a solemn promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order: Hebrew Defined as a religious undertaking, either positive, to do something,…

Lesson 1: The Author and Perfecter of the Plan Introduction “What in the world is going on?” You have probably asked this question or a similar one more than once in your life. We ask this question when we perceive that what is happening does not seem to square with our understanding of how things are…

4/20/97 Abraham series Gen. 11:27-12:9 sermons\Abraham\Gen11-27 A New Beginning 1. A call (Gen. 12:1a) When God called... The story of Abraham begins in Genesis 12, (where the main story of the Bible begins). The first 11 chapters of Genesis represent compressed history. Abraham was born in 2167 - half…

Lesson 2: The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth (Genesis 1:1‑2:3) Introduction I want to be especially careful as we approach this first chapter of the book of Genesis. This past week I read an account of a man who attempted to quote Scripture from our passage as a proof text for smoking pot. Here…

A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven History records that the noted botanist, Linnaeus, once devised a clock of flowers. Each of the blooms opened in turn at a set time of day. God has a similar order and beauty in the garden of life. Carefully, steadily, He unfolds the petals of time before us so that…